Question Summary:
Does laughing aloud in Salaah invalidate the Salaah? Does lowering the garments below the ankles invalidate the Wudhu?

Question Detail:

In one hadith, The Messenger of Allah sallalahu alahi wasallam saw a sahabi laughing audibly in salaah and told him to repeat his wudhu. Therefore major scholars say that laughing audibly in salaah breaks wudhu taking this order of the Prophet sallalahu alaihi wasallam as amr ta'abbudi.
In another hadith, The Messenger of Allah sallalahu alaihi wasallam saw a sahabi with his trousers below his ankles in salaah and ordered him to repeat his salaah.
However, the Ulama here have not said that having your trousers below your ankles breaks your salaah.
What is the reason for the different stance taken between the two?

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Respected brother,
Laughing aloud in Salah breaks wudhu. This is amr ta’bbudi as you correctly point out in the query.
 
 
The command in repeating wudhu due to lowering the garment below the ankles mentioned in the Hadith is based on zajr[1], which was an expression of harsh condemnation of lowering the garments below the ankles. Lowering the garment below the ankles has been condemned harshly in many Ahadeeth.
However, in principle, lowering the garments below the ankles does not invalidate the wudhu.
 
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Fahad Abdul Wahab
Student Darul Iftaa
USA
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